Foster Care Outcomes for Children With Intellectual Disability

Slayter, Elspeth M - American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

This article is a discussion of the state of foster care for children with disabilities.  This study explores three areas related to foster care outcomes: 1) previous disrupted or dissolved adoptions among youth with and without intellectual disabilities; 2) demographic or disability related disparities of youth with intellectual disabilities who were and were not discharged from care; and 3) foster care outcomes of youth with and without intellectual disabilities. 

Young People Transitioning from Residential Care in South Africa: Welfare Contexts, Resilience, Research and Practice

Adrian D van Breda, Lisa Dickens

This chapter of Young People Transitioning from Out-of-Home Care reviews the state of South African youth, particularly regarding poverty, employment and education, providing the social context within which to consider those leaving care.

Youth and Resilience in Postconflict Settings: An Intervention for War-Affected Youth in Sierra Leone

Zuilkowski S.S., Collet K, Jambai M., Akinsulure-Smith A.M., Betancourt T.S.

In Sierra Leone, as in conflict and postconflict settings around the world, youth are coping with their exposure to violence during conflict as well as the poverty and displacement that follow war and the stigma that can persist long after involvement with armed groups has ended.

Global Strategy - Beyond Detention: Zambia - Progress Under the Global Strategy Beyond Detention 2014-2019, Mid-2016

UNHCR

According to this article, in 2015, the instability in Burundi and in the Democratic Republic of Congo resulted in 2,965 persons (mainly from DRC, Burundi and Somalia) applying for asylum in Zambia. Last year, UNHCR was informed that 147 persons of concern, including 24 asylum-seekers and 18 children were being detained for immigration-related purposes. 

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